We may well be a third of the way through our homeschool year – but here we are writing about curriculum plans! I’ve tweaked Sarah’s plan a little bit – but I’ll talk more about that later in our seasonal schoolhouse post. Here is where we started. Overall Thoughts Sarah is a delight to teach. …
In the past, I have written this post usually around May for the upcoming year. Here I am, in January. And that pretty much sums up my life. I seem to be always playing catch up lately. But better late than never! I love looking back on what we have done each year. So this …
This is Benjamin’s first year doing formal read alouds and we are so excited! It’s such a special time and I can’t wait to do it with him. Many of these books are picture books and can be read in one sitting – but there are some early chapter books sprinkled in – that have …
Sarah and I have a pretty exciting group of books that we are going to snuggle and read together this year! Our biggest undertaking is that we want to read the entire Little House on the Prairie series. We can’t wait! Here is our line up:
This year we are shaking up our read alouds a little bit. Jacob really enjoys his read alouds and we just weren’t ready to give those up yet. However, I couldn’t figure out how to make the timing work. I know most homeschool families do one read aloud as a whole family, but I have …
Jacob made a goal earlier this year that he wanted to be in the scriptures more. I was thrilled to try and support him in this. This year we have been studying the Old Testament as a family and so Jacob wanted to dive more into that. One way Jacob specifically wanted to get more …
Our 2022 – 2023 school year has officially BEGUN!!! These kiddos love learning and I feel so grateful to spend each day learning along with them. This is our sixth year homeschooling and I am just filled with love for these kiddos. Jacob is in his fifth grade, Sarah is in second grade, Benjamin is …
Our annual Back to School Feast is one of my very favorite traditions {but maybe I say that about every family tradition…}. There are truly few things I love more than a fresh beginning – and that is what this feast is all about. It kicks of our school year, but much more importantly than …
A new science unit for us was BIRDS from The Good and the Beautiful. I am not a bird person. I’ve never really be interested in birds or wanted to learn more about them. This unit made me a bird LOVER! They are fascinating. My kids have also become passionate bird lovers and want to …
As Jacob is wrapping up his fourth grade year he has grown a lot in his reading. He continues to just devourer books. He often has multiple books going at the same time, which secretly drives me crazy, but it works for him! He has jumped several reading levels this year, but I asked him …